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Cobb County School District
Fine Arts
Visual Arts - Graphic Design
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Goals and Descriptions

Priority Level:

High = ллл     Mid = лл      Low = л

Artistic Skills and Knowledge | Connections | Critical Analysis and Aesthetics | Historical and Cultural Context
 


Artistic Skills and Knowledge

ллл VA.GraphicD.1 Creating Graphic Designs
The learner will be able to develop ideas, plan, and produce graphic designs that serve varied commercial purposes.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.2 Expressive Content
The learner will be able to develop skills in using the elements of art and the principles of design to produce aesthetically pleasing compositions and to communicate expressive content.
  

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VA.GraphicD.3 Art Education and Life
The learner will be able to apply and recognize the use of higher-order thinking skills (e.g., tolerance for ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, and finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation of multiple solutions to graphic problems.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.4 Graphic Designs for Determined Audience
The learner will be able to produce a graphic design that uses type and illustration to communicate to a predetermined audience.
  

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VA.GraphicD.5 Creative Process
The learner will be able to recognize and apply the knowledge that designers often use: defining the problem, developing multiple ideas, elaborating and refining selected ideas, and finally giving form to the idea with art media.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.6 Safety and Maintenance
The learner will be able to practice responsible and safe use of tools and materials.
  
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ллл VA.GraphicD.7 Writing in Art
The learner will be able to apply a variety of writing skills in creating copy for graphic design products. .
  

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VA.GraphicD.8 Graphic Design in Life
The learner will be able to recognize the application of higher-order thinking skills (e.g., tolerance of ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation and production of graphic design and discusses their transfer to life and work situations.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.9 Role of Graphic Designer
The learner will be able to identify and discuss the role of graphic design in education for careers in graphic arts, e.g., illustrator, art director, graphic designer, and development of specific work skills that businesses value. .
  

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VA.GraphicD.10 Career Opportunities
The learner will be able to evaluate educational opportunities in the graphic arts and prepares a portfolio of original graphic designs.
  
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Critical Analysis and Aesthetics

ллл VA.GraphicD.11 Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to analyze and evaluate the use of the elements of art and principles of design to communicate expressive content and/or ideas in graphic design.
  

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VA.GraphicD.12 Evaluation
The learner will be able to select and apply criteria appropriate for the evaluation of specific graphic/commercial designs.
  

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VA.GraphicD.13 Media and Techniques
The learner will be able to identify and analyze the effect that media and techniques have on the creation of graphic design.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.14 Description, Analysis,
The learner will be able to critique graphic design using the processes of description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment based on evidence observed in the artworks.
  
л VA.GraphicD.15 Self-Evaluation
The learner will be able to evaluate, based on predetermined criteria, own performance and progress on skills and written and visual products.
  

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VA.GraphicD.16 Defining Art
The learner will be able to discuss the relationship of commercial art and fine art.
  

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VA.GraphicD.17 Art Theories
The learner will be able to develop and supports judgments about graphic arts based on specific aesthetic theories: Formalism, Expressionism, Imitationalism, and Functionalism.
  
л VA.GraphicD.18 Judgments
The learner will be able to differentiate between judgments of graphic (commercial) design based on personal preferences and those based on critical analysis and cites specific qualities within the work that elicit response.
  
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Historical and Cultural Context

ллл VA.GraphicD.19 Functions of Art
The learner will be able to compare and contrast purposes and functions of graphic design in our society and other societies both past and present.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.20 Art Styles
The learner will be able to identify, compare, and contrast major styles of graphic design and their distinguishing characteristics.
  

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VA.GraphicD.21 Art Influences
The learner will be able to recognize the influence of art including Fauvism, Impressionism, Cubism, Minimalism, and Abstract Expressionism, on selected graphic designs.
  
ллл VA.GraphicD.22 Researching Art
The learner will be able to research and analyze diverse graphic designs via Internet, periodicals, texts, and videos.
  
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